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Originally Posted by summersm343
Man Walnut Street can’t catch a damn break with these brands struggling and filing for bankruptcy. What’s that this year alone? 4 or 5? More? Outdoor Voices, Allbirds, Express, Bonobos… Scotch & Soda - was that this year? Atmos - was that this year? Just craziness. One step forward and one step back continuously for Walnut Street.
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Yea, stinks to have 3 spaces filled and then another 3 open up... But at least most of the recent closures are big-picture retail issues versus Philadelphia specific.
Hopefully the success of new mainstream retailers will catch the attention of others to consider (or return to) Walnut.
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Originally Posted by Skintreesnail
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Philadelphia overlooked for one of its strongest traits... what else is new...
I didn't bother reading the entire "study", but measuring steps to specific landmarks is a narrow study. Part of a walk-able city is the
experience of walking from Landmark A to Landmark B, no matter how far apart.
Downtown Dallas in a nutshell is a few pockets of landmarks/sites and a generally barren auto-oriented streetscape everywhere else. A test for tourists, visit Dallas without a car and see how walk-able it is.